Mob Wife Opens Up About Her SobrietySoberano – May 25, 2018 - Anyone who watched Mob Wives or any other reality TV show that Renee Graziano has appeared on knows that she is an open book. Recently Renee opened up about her sobriety after overcoming substa... Read More...May 29 2018
Clinician’s Corner with George Baxter-HolderStick with the Winners! – Dr. George Baxter-Holder grew up on Long Island and got his training in Seattle. He holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University and a Masters in Nursing from the University of Washi... Read More...May 29 2018
Rehab Program Forcing Addicts To Work As Indentured EmployeesMore Screwy Industry Publicity? – May 25, 2018 - People in need of drug rehab have a few options. For those with money or insurance, there are residential programs that cost thousands of dollars. Otherwise, there are pr... Read More...May 29 2018
Arrest Of Boston Sober Home Operator Raises Questions About Addiction TreatmentDrugs for Sex – May 21, 2018 - Attorney David Perry’s addiction has been marked in various courtrooms for more than a decade. Although he became a symbol of addiction recovery success, charges for which he’ll appear in ... Read More...May 29 2018
The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally IllMEDIA: NYT Book Review – May 22, 2018 - In 1946, Life magazine published an exposé that declared most American mental hospitals “a shame and a disgrace.” The report, by Albert Q. Maisel, featured scathing anecdotes of r... Read More...May 29 2018
Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle’s Puget SoundSeattle’s Best – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say. Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered high... Read More...May 29 2018
Brad Pitt’s Lady Love Neri Oxman is Supportive of His SobrietySober Star-Crossed Collaboration – May 24, 2018 - Brad Pitt is getting his life back together and his new girlfriend couldn’t be happier about it. The actor got sober following his nasty divorce with Angelia Jolie and h... Read More...May 29 2018
Sobriety Is My Personal PrideRainbow Connection – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say. Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered ... Read More...May 29 2018
5 things John Oliver got wrong about ‘rehabs’YES, Often Times He Is! – May 25, 2018 - John Oliver can be very funny. His show, “Last Week Tonight” cuts up everything from federal fundraising to the royal wedding to cryptocurrencies. I get it. I even like him. I pr... Read More...May 29 2018
Alcoholic Cirrhosis Imposes Financial Burden on US HealthcareBut Good for Undertakers – May 25, 2018 - Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is rising, with patients more likely to get diagnosed in the later stages of the disease. The result could eventually become higher healthcare cost... Read More...May 29 2018
Exercise helps treat addiction by altering brain’s dopamine systemJane Fonda was Right – May 25, 2018 - New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how aerobic exercise can help impact the brain in ways that may support ... Read More...May 29 2018
Florida leaders cut drug programsAnother Unkind of Cut – May 25, 2018 - Gov. Rick Scott and leaders of the Florida House rejected appeals to save $28 million in prison programs Friday, choosing instead to allow hundreds of layoffs at inmate transition ... Read More...May 29 2018
Fight opioid addiction like a disease, says Hazelden’s Dr. Marvin SeppalaOr Surrender? – May 25, 2018 - The death toll associated with the opioid crisis has now surpassed the height of the AIDS/HIV epidemic. More people die each year from abusing opioids than died in the entirety of the Viet... Read More...May 29 2018
Addiction isn’t a physiological problem. It’s a mental health one…First Person Tragedy – MAY 14, 2018 - As the Canadian physician and addiction specialist Gabor Mate succinctly put it, if we are to successfully treat the current epidemic of addiction, we need to change our thinking ... Read More...May 29 2018
US fentanyl bust ‘enough to kill 26 million peopleThe Almost Dead – May 25, 2018 - Nearly 120lbs (54kg) of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic painkiller, has been seized by police in Nebraska - one of the largest busts in US history. The drugs, seized last month, could kil... Read More...May 29 2018
Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on YourselfBe Your Own Best Friend – May 22, 2018 - “We’re all our own worst critics.” Ever heard that one before? Yes, it’s an obnoxious cliché, but it’s not just self-help fluff. Evolutionary psychologists have studied our natur... Read More...May 29 2018
Teaching Sobriety With ‘The Bottle’An New OLD Approach to Prevention – May 27, 2018 - Somewhere in 1950s Georgia, a teacher brought a whiskey bottle and a Bible to her classroom. She stood in front of her elementary-school students and asked, “What do yo... Read More...May 29 2018
DMC’s Article On 25-Year Battle With AddictionOn and Off-Stage Victory (PLUS)??? – May 23, 2018 - Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of the iconic trio Run-DMC recently opened in an article written for Men’s Health Magazine about his battle with addiction, and truths he discov... Read More...May 29 2018
Undiscovered for 39 days: State probes recovery center deathWhere Were the Counselors? – May 26, 2018 - The 27-year-old father and aspiring rapper from New Jersey was trying to turn his life around after struggling for years with an addiction to marijuana and the drug Molly, a s... Read More...May 29 2018
Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Absolutely Knew Its Opioids Were AbusedAmerica’s Grave Fillers – May 29, 2018 - The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division at the time, Alice S. Fisher, did not respond to emails seeking comment about the decision not to pursue indictments. That ... Read More...May 29 2018
Jason Wahler Is Getting Help After Relapsing: ‘I Am Beyond Embarrassed’Getting Back Up! Bravo! – April 30, 2018 - “My name is Jason and I’m an alcoholic-addict. I have 39 days of sobriety after being active in my addiction for the past three + years; before that, I had four years of sobrie... Read More...May 29 2018
America’s 150-Year Opioid Epidemic starting with laudanum, a highly addictive 19th century painkillerNY Times Feature – May 18, 2018 - A bottle of laudanum, a highly addictive liquid preparation of opium widely used as a painkiller and sleep aid in the late 19th century. After the death of her father, a prominent hotel... Read More...May 29 2018
Chattanooga Ironman competitor shares his story of sobrietyThe Comeback Kid – May 19, 2018 - Racing for Recovery is the treatment program Crandell helped create to assist others in their road to sobriety.Years after being homeless in Florida, Crandell is a family man and licens... Read More...May 29 2018
NYPD Overdose Squad Working To Get K2 Out Of BrooklynCBS VIDEO – May 24, 2018 - Nearly 100 people had to be hospitalized over the past week due to a tainted batch of K2 in Brooklyn, health officials say. On Thursday night, CBS2’s Ali Bauman took an exclusive look at the N... Read More...May 29 2018
What People Don’t Know About Heroin… and how we can end the crisisRolling Stone Investigation – May 18, 2018 - The War on Drugs Expanded the Ways People Use Heroin – and Set the Stage for the Opioid Crisis In the Sixties and Seventies, just about all heroin addicts were intravenous us... Read More...May 29 2018
In the addiction battle, is forced rehab the solution?Start Trudging NOW! – May 23, 2018 - The last thing Lizabeth Loud wanted, a month from giving birth, was to be forced into treatment for her heroin and prescription painkiller addiction. But her mother saw no other choi... Read More...May 29 2018
Fighting Addiction Treatment FraudKeeping Them Honest – May 23, 2018 - Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s Senate bill has been voted out of the U.S. Commerce Committee and is headed to the full Senate for a vote. The bill would crack down on addiction trea... Read More...May 29 2018
Purdue Pharma hired Rudolph Giuliani. He won deal for OxyContin maker to continue sales of drug behind opioid deathsDeaths Be Damned – May 22, 2018 - The former New York mayor also secured an agreement that greatly restricted further prosecution of the pharmaceutical company and kept its senior executives out of prison. The US attorn... Read More...May 29 2018
Elements Behavioral Health Files for BankruptcyBroken Promises? – May 23, 2018, - Elements Behavioral Health Inc., which operates the addiction-rehabilitation center where actress Lindsay Lohan and singer Britney Spears sought treatment, filed for chapter 11 bankrup... Read More...May 29 2018